Ed Wood (Special Edition)

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Original Titel: Ed Wood (Special Edition)
Übersetzter Titel: Ed Wood (Special Edition)
Regie: Tim Burton 
Produzent(en): Tim Burton / Denise Di Novi 
IMDb-Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/
Land: USA
Genre: Drama / Komödie
Jahr: 1994
Darsteller: Johnny Depp .... Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Martin Landau .... Bela Lugosi
Sarah Jessica Parker .... Dolores Fuller
Patricia Arquette .... Kathy O'Hara
Jeffrey Jones .... Criswell
G.D. Spradlin .... Reverend Lemon
Vincent D'Onofrio .... Orson Welles
Bill Murray .... John 'Bunny' Breckinridge
Mike Starr .... Georgie Weiss
Max Casella .... Paul Marco
Brent Hinkley .... Conrad Brooks
Lisa Marie .... Vampira
George 'The Animal' Steele .... Tor Johnson
Juliet Landau .... Loretta King
Clive Rosengren .... Ed Reynolds
Norman Alden .... Cameraman Bill
Leonard Termo .... Makeup Man Harry
Ned Bellamy .... Dr. Tom Mason
Danny Dayton .... Soundman
John Ross .... Camera Assistant
Bill Cusack .... Tony McCoy
Aaron Nelms .... Teenage Kid
Biff Yeager .... Rude Boss
Joseph R. Gannascoli .... Security Guard
Carmen Filpi .... Old Crusty Man
Lisa Malkiewicz .... Secretary #1
Melora Walters .... Secretary #2
Conrad Brooks .... Bartender
Don Amendolia .... Salesman
Tommy Bertelsen .... Tough Boy
Reid Cruickshanks .... Stage Guard
Stanley DeSantis .... Mr. Feldman
Lionel Decker .... Executive #1
Edmund L. Shaff .... Executive #2
Gene LeBell .... Ring Announcer
Jesse Hernandez .... Wrestling Opponent
Bobby Slayton .... TV Show Host
Gretchen Becker .... TV Host's Assistant
John Rice .... Conservative Man
Catherine Butterfield .... Conservative Wife
Mary Portser .... Backer's Wife
King Cotton .... Hick Backer
Don Hood .... Southern Backer
Frank Echols .... Doorman
Matthew Barry .... Valet
Ralph Monaco .... Waiter
Anthony Russell .... Busboy
Tommy Bush .... Stage Manager
Gregory Walcott .... Potential Backer
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. .... Another Backer
Rance Howard .... Old Man McCoy
Vasek Simek .... Professor Strowski
Alan Martin .... Vampira's Assistant
Salwa Ali .... Vampira's Girlfriend
Rodney Kizziah .... Vampira's Friend
Korla Pandit .... Indian Musician
Hannah Eckstein .... Greta Johnson
Luc De Schepper .... Karl Johnson
Vinny Argiro .... TV Horror Show Director
Patti Tippo .... Nurse
Ray Baker .... Doctor
Louis Lombardi .... Rental House Manager
James Reid Boyce .... Theatre Manager
Ben Ryan Ganger .... Angry Kid
Ryan Holihan .... Frantic Usher
Marc Revivo .... High School Punk
Charlie Holliday .... Tourist
Adam Drescher .... Photographer #1
Ric Mancini .... Photographer #2
Daniel Riordan .... Pilot/Strapping Young Man
Mickey Cottrell .... Hammy Alien
Christopher George Simpson .... Organist
Robert Binford .... Choir Member
Herbert Boche .... Choir Member
Linda Rae Brienza .... Choir Member
Marlene Cook .... Choir Member
Sylvia Coussa .... Choir Member
Audrey Cuyler .... Choir Member
Joseph Golightly .... Choir Member
Carrie Starner Hummel .... Choir Member
Ramona Kemp-Blair .... Choir Member
Carolyn Kessinger .... Choir Member
Nancy Longyear .... Choir Member
Matthew Nelson .... Choir Member
Robert Nuffer .... Choir Member
William Michael Short .... Choir Member
Susan Eileen Simpson .... Choir Member
George F. Sterne .... Choir Member
Charles Alan Stephenson .... Choir Member
Cheri A. Williams .... Choir Member
Cynthia Ann Wilson .... Choir Member
Bill Anderson .... Wrestling Referee (uncredited)
Patrick Cranshaw .... Editor on Studio Lot (uncredited)
Maurice LaMarche .... Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Marco .... (uncredited)
Ada Tai .... Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Arlene Tai .... Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Rayder Woods .... Car Vandal (uncredited)
 


Inhaltsangabe: Dies ist die Geschichte von Edward D. Wood jr. (Johnny Depp), der nichts lieber tat, als Filme zu drehen und hin und wieder Frauenkleidung zu tragen. Voller Enthusiasmus für seine selbstgeschriebenen, qualitativ minderwertigen Drehbücher bekommt 1952 Wood die Gelegenheit, einen Reißer über eine Geschlechtsumwandlung zu drehen und macht ein menschliches Drama mit sich selbst in der Hauptrolle daraus. Als er zufällig die Bekanntschaft des schon sehr abgewrackten Althorrormimen Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau) macht, hat er endlich einen Star an der Hand, mit dem er bei den Studios vorspricht. Sein nächstes Projekt wird "Bride of the Atom", zu dem er bereits einen ganzen Zirkel skurriler Mitspieler und Mitarbeiter um sich scharrt. Doch die Geldsorgen und Qualitätsmängel sind unübersichtlich, wegen seiner Vorliebe für Frauenwäsche geht seine Beziehung kaputt und Lugosi ist stark morphiumsüchtig, was ihn immer wieder zurückwirft. Doch Wood gibt nicht auf und macht sich an ein Werk, daß noch heute als der schlechteste Film aller Zeiten gilt: Plan 9 aus dem Weltall... 
Sprache(n): Deutsch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Englisch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Französisch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Italienisch (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Untertitel: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch
Länge: 121 Minuten
Video Format: DVD -- 1 DVD(s)
Zusätzliche Informationen: Bildformat: 1.85:1
Dolby, Surround Sound, PAL
Laufzeit: 121 Minuten
DVD Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2003
Produktion: 1994

DVD Features:
Making Of: Ed Wood - Der schlechteste Regisseur aller Zeiten!
Audio-Kommentar von Regisseur Tim Burton, Schauspielern, Drehbuchautoren, Kameramann und Kostümdesigner
Das Set-Design: Fliegende Untertassen über Hollywood
Männer in Frauenkleidern
Martin Landau als Bela Lugosi

$$ MUSIK &&
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Jay Livingston (song "Que Sera Sera")
Howard Shore

Non-Original Music by
Ray Evans (song "Que Sera Sera")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (from ballet "Swan Lake")


$$ Literatur-Vorlage / Drehbuch / Script &&
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Romanvorlage "Nightmare of Ecstasy" ("yyy") von Rudolph Grey
Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (written by)


$$ SOUNDTRACK &&
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"BUNNY HOP"
Written by Ray Anthony and Leonard Auletti
Performed by John Keating
Courtesy of Gateway Records

"SPRING FASHION"
Written by Alan Braden

"SWEET AND LOVELY"
Written by Alan Braden

"KUBA MAMBO"
Written and Performed by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music

"QUE SERA SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE)"
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

"NAUTCH DANCE"
Written, arranged and performed by Korla Pandit

"GRIP OF THE LAW"
Written by Trevor Duncan

"SERINGA"
Written by John Arkell

"DESOLATE VILLAGE"
Written by Bruce Campbell

"LASST UNS ERFREUEN (ALL CREATURES OF GOD AND KING)"
Arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Words by William Draper